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01-05-2017 | Letter to the Editors

CAPN1 mutations are associated with a syndrome of combined spasticity and ataxia

Authors: Vera Tadic, Christine Klein, Frauke Hinrichs, Alexander Münchau, Katja Lohmann, Norbert Brüggemann

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 5/2017

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Title: CAPN1 mutations are associated with a syndrome of combined spasticity and ataxia
Authors: Vera Tadic
Christine Klein
Frauke Hinrichs
Alexander Münchau
Katja Lohmann
Norbert Brüggemann
Publication date: 01-05-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8464-5

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